1st Quarter - Report — STARBUCKS CORPORATION for STARBUCKS CORPORATION (2008)

Firm

STARBUCKS CORPORATION

Client

STARBUCKS CORPORATION

Income

—

Expenses

$240,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Seek the reduction of import duties (and other non-tariff barriers to trade) related to the U.S. Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA), WTO negotiations, Peru FTA, Colombia FTA, Korea FTA, Malaysia FTA, Puerto Rico Coffee Tariff, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LORI OTTO PUNKE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Permanent extension of the Welfare-To-Work Tax Credit and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LORI OTTO PUNKE	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS)

Health Issues HCR

Health care and health care technology issues; efforts to preserve ERISA.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LORI OTTO PUNKE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

HR 3610 and other legislative proposals; food labeling provisions.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LORI OTTO PUNKE	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3610 (110th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.